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. . . .[C]onversations surrounding climate often focus on energy production. Many fail to recognise that agriculture, too, is a major driver of climate change.
A third of all GHG emissions come directly from agriculture. . . .
This means that clean energy goals just don’t address the whole problem.
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In 2013 alone, genetically engineered crops reduced global carbon emissions by an amount equivalent to removing 12.4 million cars from the road.
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However, public misapprehension and the policies it engenders prevent other genetically engineered GHG solutions from taking off. Rice is one example. . .its cultivation contributes a staggering amount of methane. . .
The answer could lie in a genetically engineered, low-methane variety that just finished three years of field trials. . . .
The goal of reducing GHG emissions has helped inspire a new biotech sector . . . Memphis Meats has developed a way to produce meat in the lab. This method requires 90 per cent fewer greenhouse emissions . . .
. . .[T]he Real Vegan Cheese project. . . aims to remove cows from cheese production by genetically modifying common baker’s yeast so it produces dairy proteins.
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